The first meeting will be Thursday August 12th and split across two topics – Bend Broadband’s new Green Data center (Part 1) and new developments in the Open Source Arena (Part 2). Bend Broadband will have their Data Center consultant present to talk about the DC and to field questions – design, build and what makes a green data center. In Part 2, Mark Turner will be presenting on some new developments in the Open Source arena. This is a new “special topics” format to be hosted at TechSpace Bend.

Date:August 12 (Thursday)
Topic: Part 1: Enterprise-Class Green “Vault” Data Centers (Bend Broadband) – Part 2: Open Source Developments
Location: TechSpace Bend (906 Harriman – Old Cigar Building – Across from Blacksmith)
Time: 4pm

Results are in! The second meeting is on Desktop Virtualization and hosted by Structured. Structured is on top of their game in Desktop Virtualization and will have an expert onsite to dig deep into this topic. This will be the traditional format hosted at McMenamins Old St. Francais School, Rambler Room – lunch, giveaways etc.

Date: September 10th
Topic:Desktop Virtualization
Location: McMenamins Old St. Francais School, Rambler Room
Time: 1pm
- Lunch and giveaways

The October meeting is still in the planning stages – look for a topic survey soon.

Spread the word!

Thanks,
Lewis Howell
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We are very excited about our next COISUG  meeting on March 30th, 12:30PM – 2:30/3:30 – McMenamins Rambler Room. Once a year, we pickup a SharePoint related meeting and this year we have the worldwide experts on the subject: Joel Olson and Christian Buckley. Come get a glimpse into SharePoint 2010 and how SharePoint is changing the corporate landscape.

“Planning your Social SharePoint 2010 Deployment”

One of the most compelling reasons to move to SharePoint 2010 is the native support for social media – but what does this really mean for your company? How will this upgrade impact current deployments and custom integrations? How do the social media features that user’s are asking for map to the features available in 2010? In this session, Joel and Christian will discuss what is coming in SharePoint 2010, outline the benefits and implications of these social media features, and provide a strategy for how you can meet-or-beat user expectations.

Bios

Joel Oleson

Joel is a senior product manager and SharePoint evangelist at Quest, where he is responsible for product direction and strategy. He is well known in the SharePoint community as an enthusiastic trainer, evangelist and architect, and he maintains a popular blog. Joel is a frequent speaker at popular technical conferences, such as Microsoft TechEd, and often presents to local SharePoint user groups.

Christian Buckley

Christian is a senior product manager at echoTechnology, where he responsible for content, strategy, and evangelism. Prior to echo, Christian worked with Joel at Microsoft in BPOS-D (Business Productivity Online Services-Dedicated). He also led product management and deployment teams in the creation of product lifecycle management and supply chain-integration solutions for some of the world’s largest manufacturing and telecommunications companies, and co-authored 3 books on software configuration management and defect tracking.

Event name: Bend SharePoint User Group Meeting – March 2010

Time period: This Friday, 05 March 2010 11:30 till 05 March 2010 13:00 (GMT -8)

Location: 1125 NW Bond – BOTC Training Room – Entrance is on Greenwood *Please use City/Street Parking*. Bend. United States.

Description: BOTC will be presenting their cool, exclusively SharePoint Intranet, Active Directory org chart functionality and how they replaced their Excel Phone Directory! Prizes and lunch will be provided. BOTC has also offered to host the next meeting since they will be demonstrating off their corporate network and showing corporate data. 1125 NW Bond – BOTC Training Room – Entrance is on Greenwood, Across the street from Decoy Bar & Grill. *Please Do Not Use BOTC Parking Lot(s), use City/Street Parking* You can see the entrance doors here: http://goo.gl/3fFV

The event will take place at McMenamins, Rambler room this Thursday February 18th @ 1:30pm. As always, a late lunch will be provided and there will be giveaways.

Enterasys Agenda:

• State of the Industry – trends and innovation
• Network/Wireless/Security Architecture Strategies – best practices
• How to improve visibility and control
• Strategies for reducing Operational Expenses – doing more for less

Lunch and giveaways – spread the word, and thank you for your support!

Enterasys Networks, a leading provider of network hardware and software, from the core out to the edge, will be out next week to give us a Network Infrastructure state of the union. This is a great opportunity to get insight into new trends and the future of network hardware and software. The event will take place at McMenamins, Rambler room on Thursday February 18th @ 1:30pm. As always, a late lunch will be provided and there will be giveaways.

Enterasys Agenda:

• State of the Industry – trends and innovation
• Network/Wireless/Security Architecture Strategies – best practices
• How to improve visibility and control
• Strategies for reducing Operational Expenses – doing more for less

Lunch and giveaways – spread the word, and thank you for your support!

Where:
G5 Offices
550 NW Franklin St. Suite 200 (Franklin Crossing Building – corner of Bond & Franklin)
Bend, OR 97701

Contrary to what you may think, HTML5 is not simply a new and improved version of HTML. Rather, it refers to an amalgamation of powerful, new, technologies making their way into web browsers, offering services like persistent storage, SQL database access, resource caching, streaming video, and vector graphics. As websites begin to take advantage of this cool new tech, there will be a fundamental shift in the way web applications are developed, how they behave, and the functionality they’re capable of.

Robert Kieffer will lead this talk, which will provide a semi-technical overview of the various components of HTML5 (including brief, forays into code-level examples and demos), and will lead a discussion on how this will affect product development and business opportunities.

[Please note that we're trying out a new venue for these meetings this time around. G5 has graciously allowed us to use their new conference room space which, I'm told, is bigger and roomier than their old one was. More importantly, it comes with the FREE BEER we've all come to know and love!]

Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/bendtech/calendar/12514454/

Few people realize how much money is tied up in their network. Not just in the hardware and software, but the information. Even fewer people know all the information can be compromised…or lost altogether.

Complimentary Seminar
To find out the most effective ways to protect your information, you are invited to attend our complimentary seminar: “RISK: Raising Your Information Security Knowledge.” Register now.

http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?5S%2cM3%2c6dd6984c-287c-4687-a7fb-164eb796964c

What You Will Learn
This event will show you:
– The greatest threats to your information—they may not be what you think!
– Why social networking sites like Facebook have so many hidden dangers
– How your organization can defend against data loss
– How government data privacy laws can impact your business
– …and much more

You will hear some amazing stories about true network adventures. And learn about real data security
threats and real solutions for network, email, Web, and remote access security.

Time, Date, Location: McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 700 NW Bond Street, Bend, OR 97701

Date: February 11, 2010

Program Agenda:

10:30am – 11:00am Set Up

11:00am – 11:30am Registration

11:30am – 1:00pm Program and Lunch

This is a free event but space is limited.  Reserve your spot now.

P.S. One lucky participant will win our raffle prize: aniPod Touch 8GB ($199 value).

Happy Holidays COISUG,

INX would like to help us kickoff the new year by hosting a discussion of Desktop Virtualization. COISUG meeting will take place on January 14th @ 1:30pm at McMenamins Old St. Francais Rambler Room, drinks and lunch provided. As always, it will be a good time –spread the word.

Topic: Desktop Virtualization – A review of multiple applications for virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI), critical feature set and road map to success including;

• An overview of the difference between application and OS desktop virtualization
• Client device choices fat (PC/desktops), thin (Wyse like devices) and zero (Pano Logic)
• Recent enhancements on VDI issues such as USB devices support, printing and connectivity protocols
• “Purpose built” server platforms offerings for VDI contrasting them against traditional rack unit or blade server platforms
• Storage and Network bandwidth considerations
• Developing a “Road Map” for a successful VDI experience

The February meeting will be hosted by Enterasys – more to come.

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